I’m taking full advantage of being 50 by doing something that I always said I would do at 50 … hire a personal trainer! I am going to meet with him on Friday and I’m so excited!! I am hoping he can uncover the abs that were lost by child-bearing, coffee, stress, wine and loads of homemade oatmeal raisin cookies.
My kids had some interesting responses to the “news:”
One of my sons said it was about time … “Gotta work that flab off Mom,” he said. I turned to look at him to see if he was serious … he was. So I said (as calmly as I could), “Do you think I have a lot of flab?” “Yea, it’s flab-tacular! Plus, your 50. All of you have flab.” I’m thinking … this kid is getting coal in his stocking for christmas!
The other one said, “Why does it seem like you are always talking about dying?” Now, I understand that teens come from left field a lot of times, in their comments, but this seemed off. “What do you mean? What do I say about dying,” I asked. Well, he mused, when I talk about being 50, that’s proof that I am closer to dying than not. So every time I discuss being 50 he relates it to my advancing age. PLEASE! I’m just talking about a personal trainer!!! I want you to know that at this point I want to stop the car, open the doors, push them out and go get a glass of wine … a BIG glass of wine.
Later I mention to my daughter that I’ve hired a personal trainer. She laughs, and says “Mom, that’s not flab on your stomach, that’s skin and everyone has it!” I tell her his name (it’s sounds like a personal trainer name!) and that he has an accent (not from Canada) and she says, “How old is he? 80? Because if he’s 80, your 120 and that would be so cute to see old people trying to get abs.” I don’t find my kids too funny.
This didn’t go well. So, to retaliate I think I will tell them that their college fund, their vacation fund, and fun fund is going to be spent on my new abs. Cry and joke all you want. I am finally going to rock in the 50 year-old category and no one can stop me!!! (well, I need to rock early because this 50 year-old needs to be in bed no later than 9:30 p.m.).
Have a great day!!
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